Borough President Mark Levine is urging the companies to prevent New Yorkers from buying unreadable license plates that evade tolls and fines.
A black market for “ghost plates” is flourishing on sites like Facebook, TikTok and Craigslist, even as a statewide ban on the unreadable license plates — which help drivers evade tolls and fines for reckless driving — is due to take effect in a few days.
“People who know their plates are obscured can speed or run red lights with impunity and that makes everyone less safe — pedestrians and everybody on city streets,” Levine said in an exclusive interview with Gothamist. Officials say illegal plates are becoming more popular across the city. The number of unreadable license plates evading tolls and traffic fines increased by 30% between April and this month, costing the city up to $200 million annually,removing license plate
But, the borough president added, the sites are still permitting sales of ghost plates even though they violate an older city law. He said he thinks the implementation of the state law should “be a good trigger to finally step up” enforcement.
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